# 1981 Davis Cup Eastern Zone

The Eastern Zone was one of the three regional zones of the 1981 Davis Cup.
6 teams entered the Eastern Zone in total. With the introduction of a new tiered format, the previous year's semifinalists bypassed Zonal competition and qualified directly for the new 16-team World Group. The remaining teams would now compete for a place in the following year's World Group.
India defeated Indonesia in the final and qualified for the 1982 World Group.

## Participating nations

* Chinese Taipei
* India
* Indonesia
* Malaysia
* Pakistan
* Thailand

### Draw

| Quarterfinals 9–11 January | Quarterfinals 9–11 January | Quarterfinals 9–11 January | Semifinals 13–15 February | Semifinals 13–15 February | Semifinals 13–15 February | Final 6–8 March | Final 6–8 March | Final 6–8 March |
| India | India | | | | | | | |
| India | India | | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | | | |
| bye | bye | | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | | | |
| bye | bye | | India | India | 5 | | | |
| Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | India | India | 5 | | | |
| Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Bangkok, Thailand (hard) | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | Thailand | Thailand | 0 | | | |
| Malaysia | Malaysia | 0 | | | | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) |
| Thailand | Thailand | 5 | | | | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) |
| Thailand | Thailand | 5 | | | | India | India | 3 |
| Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | | | | India | India | 3 |
| Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | Taipei, Taiwan (indoor hard) | | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 4 | | | | Indonesia | Indonesia | 2 |
| Indonesia | Indonesia | 4 | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 1 | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | Jakarta, Indonesia (clay) | | | |
| Chinese Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 1 | Indonesia | Indonesia | 3 | | | |
| | | | Pakistan | Pakistan | 0 | | | |
| bye | bye | | Pakistan | Pakistan | 0 | | | |
| Pakistan | Pakistan | | | | | | | |

## Quarterfinals
### Thailand vs. Malaysia

| Thailand 5 | Bangkok, Thailand 9–11 January 1981 Hard | Bangkok, Thailand 9–11 January 1981 Hard | Malaysia 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Pichet Boratisa Suresh Menon 6 3 6 0 4 6 6 0     2 Sombat Uamongkol Rudy Foo 6 3 7 5 6 4       3 Pichet Boratisa / Sombat Uamongkol Rudy Foo / Suresh Menon 6 2 6 2 6 1       4 Sombat Uamongkol Suresh Menon 6 1 6 3 6 3       5 Ponkaphan Phisaimongket Rudy Foo 6 4 6 1 3 6 6 1 ||||

### Chinese Taipei vs. Indonesia

| Chinese Taipei 1 | Taipei, Taiwan 9–11 January 1981 Hard (indoors) | Taipei, Taiwan 9–11 January 1981 Hard (indoors) | Indonesia 4 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Wu Chang-rung Tintus Arianto Wibowo 9 11 3 6 6 8       2 Hsu Huang-jung Yustedjo Tarik 2 6 2 6 4 6       3 Hsu Huang-jung / Wu Chang-rung Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono 6 4 3 6 6 3 8 6     4 Wu Chang-rung Yustedjo Tarik 3 6 6 4 2 6 2 6     5 Hsu Huang-jung Tintus Arianto Wibowo 3 6 6 4 5 7 6 3 3 6 ||||

## Semifinals
### Thailand vs. India

| Thailand 0 | Bangkok, Thailand 13–15 February 1981 Hard | Bangkok, Thailand 13–15 February 1981 Hard | India 5 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Sombat Uamongkol Ramesh Krishnan 3 6 2 6 2 6       2 Pichet Boratisa Vijay Amritraj 2 6 1 6 2 6       3 Pichet Boratisa / Sombat Uamongkol Anand Amritraj / Vijay Amritraj 2 6 4 6 1 6       4 Pichet Boratisa Ramesh Krishnan 3 6 2 6 1 6       5 Sombat Uamongkol Vijay Amritraj 0 6 2 6 7 9 ||||

### Indonesia vs. Pakistan

| Indonesia 3 | Jakarta, Indonesia 13–15 February 1981 Clay | Jakarta, Indonesia 13–15 February 1981 Clay | Pakistan 0 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Atet Wijono Inam-ul-Haq 6 1 6 2 6 0       2 Yustedjo Tarik Saeed Meer 6 2 6 1 8 10 15 13     3 Gondo Widjojo / Atet Wijono Nadir Ali Khan / Altaf Hussain 4 6 6 2 6 4 6 1     4 Atet Wijono Saeed Meer           not played 5 Yustedjo Tarik Inam-ul-Haq           not played ||||

## Final
### Indonesia vs. India

| Indonesia 2 | Jakarta, Indonesia 6–8 March 1981 Clay | Jakarta, Indonesia 6–8 March 1981 Clay | India 3 |
| 1 2 3 4 5 1 Atet Wijono Sashi Menon 3 6 10 8 2 6 3 6     2 Yustedjo Tarik Anand Amritraj 11 9 6 4 5 7 7 9 6 4   3 Tintus Arianto Wibowo / Yustedjo Tarik Anand Amritraj / Sashi Menon 6 3 5 7 9 11 4 6     4 Yustedjo Tarik Sashi Menon 3 6 4 6 2 6       5 Atet Wijono Anand Amritraj 6 5          retired ||||